Charles Stross’ award-winning The Laundry Files RPG is going strong with its 2nd Edition, in its final week on Kickstarter. The Laundry Files helps fulfill a particularly resilient tabletop fantasy: being in a labyrinthine bureaucracy that has a retro-future aesthetic and who busy themselves investigating the occult. It’s something that surprisingly few games tackle. There’s […] Last Week of ‘The Laundry Files’ RPG On Kickstarter! first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls ..read more

Roll20 and Discord announced that they would be teaming up to seamlessly integrate the virtual tabletop with the chat program. Discord is everywhere, especially over the last four years. But even before then, Discord was already sort of the premiere way to coordinate your gaming chats, whether that was tabletop or video game. Discord’s VoIP […] Roll20 and Discord to Team Up In One Unbelievable App first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls ..read more

2023 was a tough year for tabletop gaming. But the first couple of months in 2024 seem to be starting on the road to recovery. It’s the end of a financial quarter, and that means it’s once again time to pretend that infinite growth is not only possible but sustainable and expected. In other words, […] D&D Recovering As Hasbro Heads Out of Q1 first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls ..read more

It’s time to roll the dice on new releases! Come check out this week’s batch of brand-new tabletop role-playing games. Warhammer 40K: Wrath & Glory, Vow of Absolution Playing as a Space Marine has been the dream of many for decades, even tho da beakies is soft ‘n small. To each their own, I suppose. […] Vatborn Warriors Bring Democracy to Alien Worlds and More New RPG Releases first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls ..read more

In D&D, you can’t beat 9th-level spells. If b you’re lucky enough to cast ’em, they’re some of the most dramatic spells in the game. 9th-level spells are the most powerful spells in D&D. They’re not necessarily the rarest—that’s actually 7th level spells, because people are more likely to play 20th level one shots, and they’re […] D&D: Five of the Best 9th-Level Spells first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls ..read more

Pathfinder 2E’s Tian Xia World Guide is finally out. Hardcover or digital, you can find your way to Tian Xia! Pathfinder 2E has opened the doors to Tian Xia with its latest release, Pathfinder Lost Omens: Tian Xia World Guide. This new book explores beyond just the rumors and bits of lore that have made […] Pathfinder’s ‘Tian Xia’ Book Up for Pre-Order, Expected in April first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls ..read more

The Psi Warrior and Soulknife classes are moving to the 2024 revision of D&D. Join Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford for a new fireside chat! Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins, two of D&D’s “game design architects,” sat down to talk about the upcoming Player’s Handbook 2024 revision. In this “fireside chat” they look at some […] D&D: Psionics Come To The 2024 Player’s Handbook first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls ..read more

Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding and Kickstarter highlights – including board games, RPGs, and STLs! Corps of Discovery   Lewis and Clark were well-known American explorers who helped map the western expansion for the United States government. But what if it was monsters too? Equal parts survival and deduction, where every decision […] Your Trip Takes a Weird Turn in ‘Call of Cthulhu: Ice Caves of Mt. Fuji’ and More on Kickstarter first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls ..read more

Pathfinder’s newest adventure path will pump PCs with primal power as they step up to try and help the Wildwood Lodge with new backgrounds and more. Pathfinder is getting back to nature with its latest adventure path, Wardens of Wildwood. The new Adventure Path, which is out for both print and PDF, takes players deep […] Pathfinder’s Latest Adventure Path, ‘Wardens of Wildwood’ Opens Primal Power first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls ..read more

Saddle up in some power armor, Wrath & Glory, the 40K RPG, has a new book all about playing different types of Space Marines. The Adeptus Astartes are Games Workshop’s most recognizable figures. They’re also some of the hardest to portray in a roleplaying game while still living up to the hype and not just […] Warhammer 40K: Wrath & Glory’s new book, ‘Vow of Absolution’ Is All About Playing Astartes first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls ..read more